Cigar box guitar performances, hand-wiring pickup demonstrations start third day of Maine Luthier’s Showcase.
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Augusta, Waterville area bridge results
Gamers play in Waterville, Hallowell, Fairfield and Augusta.
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Purr-tect and serve: Hallowell Police Department finds feline friend for force
Granite the cat has made the city’s police department home after being brought in as a stray last month.
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Maine Luthiers Showcase set for Oct. 4-6
The 3rd annual Maine Luthiers Showcase is set for Oct. 4-6 in downtown Hallowell. Behind every guitar is a luthier. Never heard of one? A luthier is someone who makes or repairs stringed instruments. The name “luthier” originally came from lute making, but today includes makers of acoustic and electric guitars, banjos, violins, cellos and […]
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Fairies & Gnomes set for Oct. 5 in Hallowell
HALLOWELL — The Fairies & Gnomes Festival will take place from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, at the Vaughan Field Dog Park, on Vaughan Field Way. The third annual event, hosted by the Children’s Discovery Museum, will feature child-friendly activities, such as building gnome houses, fantasy face painting, fairy wands and more. There […]
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Fire guts Hallowell apartment building
Tenants of a Maple Street fire were able to escape unharmed, but Hallowell’s fire chief was taken to the hospital to be evaluated.
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Augusta, Waterville area bridge results
Gamers play in Waterville, Hallowell, Fairfield and Augusta.
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Hallowell boat landing redesign delayed after bids come back too expensive
State officials said the project was slated to cost about $225,000, but bids came back more than $60,000 higher and construction likely can’t begin until Labor Day 2020.
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Pictorial tour of Federal-style homes, buildings set for Sept. 25
Set the time machine to the 1960s. Urban renewal was seeing the demolition of many older buildings in the name of revitalization. Iconic structures like Union Station in Portland fell to the wrecking ball and explosive charges. Cities were seeing pressure to allow modernization of historic buildings if not wholesale demolition. Fortunately for Hallowell, a […]
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Five Questions: Loyal Biscuit owner Heidi Neal
Neal is the co-owner of Loyal Biscuit Co., a Rockland-based independent dog and cat supply boutique with six locations, the latest opening in Hallowell last month.